Day 1: Welcome to Hanoi | Meal: D | Overnight: Hanoi

Warm welcome upon your arrival in Hanoi. Your guide and driver will meet you at the airport for a transfer to your hotel located in the Hanoi downtown. Your guide’s welcome speech will give you overall information about the city of Hanoi. After check in you have free time to relax, then your guide will see you again for a welcome dinner at a local restaurant. Your first day will be completed by a water puppet show – a unique art performance in Vietnam.

Day 2: Hanoi Free Choice: Sightseeing - Street Food - Dinning | Overnight: Hanoi

Widely acknowledged as one of the loveliest cities in Asia, this one-thousand-year old city offer you its unique images that totally different from other Asian cities. Hanoi still retains a small-town provincial charm and unique intermingle with a French legacy wide, tree-lined boulevards, parks, grand villas and an artistic, café society.

Different people, different interests and tastes. Hanoi Free Choice included Sightseeing – Street Food – Dinning offers you the best things that Hanoi has to offer and satisfy you with a personalize discovery and authentic experience. Please select one of the Hanoi city options and one of the Hanoi Surroundings to enjoy the day in Hanoi. Do not forget to add your favourit street food to the list and the dining option to taste and experience the Hanoi and North Vietnam cuisine.

Hanoi Free Choice Offers. All included. No extra cost

1. Free Choice Sightseeing

+ Option 1: Hanoi Full-day ( Maximum 7 places )

+ Option 2: Hanoi Half-day ( Maximum 4 places ) & One of Hanoi Surroundings

2. Free Choice Street Food Lunch Break – Authentic experiences

3. Free Choice Dining

Feel free to personalize and enrich your visit 

Hanoi Sightseeings:

1. Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum ( open in the morning) ; 2. One Pillar Pagoda

3. Quan Thanh Temple ; 4. Temple of Literature

5. Bach Ma Temple ; 6. Hanoi Ancient House

7. Tran Quoc pagoda ; 8. Sword Lake and Ngoc Son Temple

9. Vietnam Military History Museum ; 10. Vietnam National Museum of History

11. Vietnam Museum of Ethnology ; 12. Vietnamese Women’s Museum

Hanoi Surroundings

1. Bat Trang pottery villages: About 13 kilometers south east of Hanoi center, Bat Trang village, established in 14th or 15th century, is famous for ceramic and pottery products of high quality such as vases, bowls, dishes, and many other kinds of ceramic products which have been exported worldwide.

2. Van Phuc silk village: About 8 km southwest of Ha Noi, Van Phuc silk village is well known for its traditional sericulture, weaving, and silk products for a long-lasting history of more than two thousand years. The village makes more than 2 million meters of silk per year and is an ideal place for silk products & souvenirs

3. Duong Lam Ancient village: Duong Lam ancient village, some 60km to the west of Hanoi, has a history of about 1,200 years with many houses dating back up to 400 years. One special thing about the village is that most of the buildings here are made of laterite and mud, two materials that are abundant in the area. The village also has its prestige as two of Vietnam’s kings, Phung Hung (761-802) and Ngo Quyen (896-944) were born in here.

4. Dong Ho painting village: Dong Ho painting village, 30 km to the East of Hanoi, or Vietnamese woodblock prints is a distinct Vietnamese folk art. Dong Ho paintings reflect people’s innermost feelings. Dong Ho paintings is made of of bark of a tree called “Dzo. Colors of the painting are refined from various kinds of tree leaves that people can easily find in Vietnam. Dong Ho paintings have about 300 years of history in the north of Vietnam. It is always considered a symbol of traditional culture and aesthetic value of Vietnam.

Free Choice Street Food Lunch Break – Authentic experiences

1. “ Pho Hanoi “

2. “ Banh Cuon “

3. “ Bun Cha Hanoi “ followed by a cup of Vietnamese coffee/tea/softdrink

4. “ Bo kho ”

All street food is followed by a cup of Vietnamese coffee/tea at street-side pub.

Free Choice Dining

1. “ Cha Ca Hanoi “ in Hanoi Old Quarter area at local restaurant.

2. Vegetarian set-menu at local restaurant

3. Vietnamese set-menu at French building restaurant

4. Vietnamese cuisine a-la-carte at Ngon restaurant

5. KOTO restaurant. Know One Teach One unique restaurant.

Day 3: Hanoi - Halong Bay | Meal: B-L-D | Overnight: Traditional Junk

In the morning you leave Hanoi for HalongBay via the Red River Delta. Welcome on board. You will set out on a junk cruise on the bay while seafood lunch is served. After lunch, you take a short trek to a nearby summit for a panoramic view of the bay, swimming on a quiet beach or sunbathing on the sundeck.

In the late afternoon, you take a take a bamboo row boat to visit an interesting fishing village with an opportunity to interact with fishermen who have been living in the bay for almost three generations. You also take a kayak to discover a water tunnel with many coral reefs in a scenic lagoon. Back on board to enjoy watching the peaceful sunset, joining a Vietnamese cooking demonstration and later unwind at a restaurant.

Day 4: Halong Bay - Hanoi | Meal: Brunch | Overnight: Hanoi

Early birds will have a chance to join in the Tai Chi lesson on the sundeck and view the sunrise over the bay with a cup of coffee or tea.  After brunch you will take a tender to visit one of the most beautiful limestone grottos – Sung Sot cave. Your junk sets sail to cruise back to the dock while you enjoy a final glimpse of HalongBay. On the journey back to Hanoi you will have a stop at the Phu Lang ceramic village – one of the most famous ceramic brands dated from 17th – 19th century in the North of Vietnam. Then you drive back to Hanoi.

Day 5: Fly to Hue – Half-day Tour | Meal : B-D | Overnight: Hue

Today you have free time until transfer to Hanoi airport for flight to Hue. Your guide and driver will meet you at the airport for a transfer to your hotel. Located in central Vietnam, Hue used to be the Citadel of the Nguyen Dynasty from 1805 to 1945 and is recognized as a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. Afternoon you  have a private tour to explore the Hue Citadel comprising three circles oRoyal Citadel and Forbidden Citadel. End of the day you visit the local Dong Ba market locaated on a bank of the Perfume river – a paradise for snapshots of daily activities. In the evening you enjoy a Hue Citadel Royal style dinner tasting some Royal cuisines at local restaurant.

Day 6: Boat trip - Hue – Hoi An | Meal : B-D | Overnight: Hoi An

In the morning you  have a Dragon boat cruising on the Perfume river to visit the Thien Mu pagoda, one of the oldest and prettiest religious buildings in the country. From there you rejoin your car to visit the king Minh Mang’s tomb and king Tu Duc’s tomb. Back to hotel for short break then you leave Hue for Hoi An, another World Heritage site in Central Vietnam. Journey to Hoi An is travelling over the Hai Van pass where you have a stop for a panoramic view over the Lang Co beach before arriving  your hotel in Hoi An. At leisure then you enjoy dinner at local restaurant.

Day 7: Hoi An Free Choice Sightseeing - Surroundings - Street Food - Dining

Your stay in the Hoi An Ancient town will be full of interesting. Besides the Walking Hoi An Ancient town, you can select one of the Hoi An Surroundings to start your wonderful day in Hoi An. Do not forget to add your favourit street food to the list and the dining option to taste and experience the Quang Nam cuisine.

Hoi An Free Choice Offers. All included. No extra cost

1. Free Choice Sightseeing: Walking Hoi An Ancient town

2. Free Choice Surroundings

3. Free Choice Street Food Lunch Break – Authentic experiences

4. Free Choice Dining

Feel free to personalize and enrich your visit

Hoi An Sightseeings

Walking in Hoi An Ancient town: Explore the town with old houses, narrow streets and stop to visit the lantern makers, Japanese Covered Bridge, Chinese Assembly Halls, Handicraft workshop.

Hoi An Surroundings

1. Tra Que Vegetable village by bicycle: Where you can join with gardening activities as preparing the land and fertilizing with seaweed from the local lake, prepare food and join lunch with a local family. It is also good time to relax and learn more about the Vietnamese village.

2. Kim Bong Carpentry village by boat: Formed in the 15 th century by Vietnameses from the Northern Vietnam, Kim Bong carpentry developed vigorously and the occupational village was established with three groups: Ancient architectural construction, civil wooden furniture and shipbuilding. Many carpenters from this village worlked to build Hue Citadel

3. My Son Sanctuary: My Son Sanctuary dates from the 4th to the 13th centuries. It was a unique culture on the coast of contemporary Vietnam, owing its spiritual origins to the Hinduism of India. This is graphically illustrated by the remains of a series of impressive tower temples in a dramatic site that was the religious and political capital of the Champa Kingdom for most of its existence. The My Son Sanctuary is a remarkable architectural ensemble that developed over a period of ten centuries. It presents a vivid picture of spiritual and political life in an important phase of the history of South-East Asia.

Free Choice Hoi An Street Food Lunch Break – Authentic experiences

1. “ Rice & Chicken”

2. “ Banh Xeo Hoi An “

3. “ Cao Lau Hoi An”

4. “ Mi Quang ”

All street food is followed by a cup of Vietnamese coffee/tea at street-side pub

Free Choice Dining:

1. Hoi An cuisine set-menu at local restaurant.

2. Dinner on the beach at local restaurant.

3. BBQ fresh seafood on the beach at local restaurant.

4. Relaxing Dinner Cruise on the Hoai river and the Thu Bon river

Day 8: Fly to Ho Chi Minh city | Free Choice Sightseeing | Meal : B-D | Overnight: HCMC

Again you take an one-hour flight to Ho Chi Minh city, the most dynamic one where everyone seems busy riding, buying, selling, studying. However, the city’s core is still adorned with wide elegant boulevards and historic French colonial buildings.  In the afternoon,  you are offered the Free Choice Sightseeing to  visit some famous city’s attractions . Tonight you dinner on the Lady Hau cruises on the Saigon river.

HCMC Free Choice Sightseeings

1. Reunification Palace

2. Municipal Theatre – City Post Office – Notre-Dame Cathedral

3. War Remnants Museum

4. Vinh Nghiem pagoda

5. Hoang De pagoda

6. Ben Thanh market

Day 9: Mekong Delta excursion | Meal: B-L | Overnight: HCMC

Today you have am excursion to the Mekong Delta. Surrounded by thousands of crisscrossed canals, life in the Mekong Delta revolves much around the river, most of the villages are often accessible by rivers and canals rather than by road. Upon arrival you take a motor-boat to explore the Thoi Son islet, one of the four famous islets ( Dragon, Unicorn, Tortoise, Phoenix). Following a village path passing local houses to visit some family-run coconut candy mills then you take a horse-cart from village to village. Enjoy lunch with local special dishes followed by the “Southern Vietnamese folk music”, a very common art activity in the Mekong Delta performed by local people.  Back to HCMC. At leisure.

Day 10: HCMC Departure | Meal: B

Today is the last day of your trip. Enjoy your free time at your hotel or you can do your last minute souvenir shopping before meeeting your guide for transfer to airport for your flight home. Have a nice journey and thanks for joining us.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Private airport pick-up & drop off

Private sightseeing tour with English speaking guide

Private boat trip as per tour program

Hotel accommodation – Shared in double room

Meals as stated in the program

Water and tissues on coach

All entrance fees

All in-tour flights

24/7 hotline support

Guarantee 100% money back if not satisfied

Complimentary Vietnam visa on arrival pre-approved letter.

Tour duration less than 15 days, visitors from the following countries do not need a visa to Vietnam: Kingdom of Great Britain, Republic of France, Federal Republic of Germany, Kingdom of Spain, Republic of Italy Japan, Korea, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Russia. 

Vietnam 30-day single-entry e-visa can be applied by citizens of: Ireland ; Germany ;  Denmark; United States of America; United Kingdom ; Sweden….(Total 40 countries)

WHAT'S EXCLUDED

International flights & tax

Travel insurance

Beverages

Personal expenses, tips and gratuities

Peak season or Public holidays surcharge if any

Compulsory Gala dinner on Christmas or New Year if any

Visa fee

Other services not mentioned above